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Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Spotlight on Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics

The Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics collection is part
of the Cambridge
Collections Online database.It can be
accessed through the Library tab on Muse via the Subject Databases link.Alternatively, the resource can be found on
StarPlus by searching under the University Collections tab.You may be prompted to log into Muse if you
are not already logged in.

The electronic resource provides
access to full text titles from the Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
series, which is composed of over 2000 essays on authors, periods of English
literature, and literary genres. It also
includes the Companions to Classical Civilisation series. The titles are written for student readers
and include reference material such as chronologies and reading lists.

The Cambridge Companions to
Literature and Classics collection can be searched using quick search and
advanced search options. It can also be
browsed according to title, chapter or author.
For each title a brief summary is given as well as a table of contents. You can select individual chapters to access
them online.